Isabela Cigar Company has announced a new project. Pepper-Head. This production will be limited to 100 hand numbered signed boxes of 25. These will be available to official Isabela retailers and a small amount online at www.isabelacigarcompany.com. Pepper-Head will sell for $189 for the box or $8.95 individual.
Tony Bellatto of La Barba cigars has announced the next in his Ricochet line: Ricochet Mexi-Sol. The Ricochet line is a series meant to go back to Bellatto's roots as a Sommelier, with each of the blends taking a component of wine he has fallen in love with.
Altadis U.S.A. announced today the latest cigar in their H. Upmann lineup, the H. Upmann Hispaniola by Jose Mendez. The is a partnership between Upmann and Jose Mendez who grew the tobacco used in the blend.
Cubariqueño Cigar Co. has announced that their Protocol Themis Corona Gorda will now be a regular production cigar. It will be shown off at IPCPR 2019.
Today, Black Label Trading Company announced the sixth annual release of its MORPHINE line. Morphone is rolled at James Brown's Fabrica Oveja Negra in Esteli, Nicaragua. It uses a Mexican San Andrés Maduro wrapper, Nicaraguan Habano binder, and Nicaraguan fillers. It is available in 3 vitolas: Corona Gorda Box Press – 5.5 x 46 (18 count) MSRP $10.50, Lancero – 7 x 38 (12 count) MSRP $11.50, Short Robusto – 4.5 x 50 (20 count) MSRP $10.50.
Casa Cuevas is bringing a new line to IPCPR 2019: Cuevas Reserva. The new line has two wrapper options, Natural and Maduro. Family patriarch Luis Cuevas Sr. originally introduced the Cuevas Reserva back in the early 2000’s but was limited until now.
Aganorsa Leaf is adding a line to its JFR Lunatic series: JFR Lunatic Loco. JFR stands for Just for Retailers and has been around since 2011. The Lunatic line was added in 2015.
Foundation Cigar Company has announced an extension to their Tabernacle Havana Seed CT 142 line, a Lancero. In keeping with the tradition of releasing a lancero extension to his new lines the following year, Nick Melillo is bringing this lancero to the 2019 IPCPR trade show and convention.
Omar de Frias announced today its latest blend, Navetta Inverso Boxer. This is the third line in the Navetta series. The first was the original Navetta, which translates to shuttle in Spanish, in 2017. It used an oscuro wrapper. Next came the Navettal Inverso, which used the same tobaccos, but in reverse order, so the tobacco previously used for the wrapper and binder were now the filler, and the filler were now the binder and wrapper. Now the Navetta Inverso Boxer is that blend tweaked a bit a made in their signature 6 ¼ x 52 Box Press Torpedo. It carries an MSRP of $13.00 per cigar. It will be shown off at this years IPCPR convention.
Today, Drew Estate announced Five Limited Edition Gift Sets and Boxes. The three gift sets are Undercrown Maduro, Undercrown Shade, and Tabak Especial Negra, and the two limited boxes for Kentucky Fire Cured Swamp Thang and Kentucky Fire Cured Sweets. The Drew Estate Gift Sets and limited boxes will be shown off at Drew Estate’s Booth at the IPCPR Convention and Tradeshow.